threading a square baler

rick n ohio · Sep 9, 2013

when you guys thread your square baler do you trip it and have it tie befor you take ohh baling or let it fill up and trip on ite own.
rick

Tx Jim · Sep 9, 2013

If no hay is in bale case to help hold the next bale that's to be formed there's no reason to cycle knotter as all you'll do is waste that twine or wire because 1st bale or 2 will just explode from not being packed tight enough.

Zachary Hoyt · Sep 9, 2013

I usually trip it and cycle it by hand, and set the tension springs to about where I think they should be. Then I fine tune the tension once the first few bales come through. I don't know any way to get the twine into the discs that hold it other than running the knotter cycle.
Zach

Gene-WI · Sep 9, 2013

You have to trip it by hand to get it threaded into the twine discs, which is part of the threading process.

Tx Jim · Sep 9, 2013

(quoted from post at 17:19:06 09/09/13) I don't know any way to get the twine into the discs that hold it other than running the knotter cycle. Zach

Actually if bale case is empty of any hay if twine is threaded correctly and the ends tied off to the needle frame once hay is feed into the bale chamber the measuring wheel will be turned by hay and trip knotter system to put twine in twine disc without the need to trip by hand.

Tx Jim · Sep 9, 2013

(quoted from post at 17:19:06 09/09/13) I don't know any way to get the twine into the discs that hold it other than running the knotter cycle. Zach

Actually if bale case is empty of any hay if twine is threaded correctly and the ends tied off to the needle frame once hay is feed into the bale chamber the measuring wheel will be turned by hay and trip knotter system to put twine in twine disc without the need to trip by hand.

DaninKansas · Sep 9, 2013

Usually I have a broken bale sitting on the ground (why else would I be threading it) and I hand feed part of a bale and trip it to see if its tying correctly (again why else am I rethreading it). If it ties I take off and later break the small bale and toss it into another windrow. The next bale (full size) is usually pretty soft though.

Zachary Hoyt · Sep 9, 2013

Yes, but then the first bale's worth of hay through the baler will not
be baled and I have to go and fork it back through. My first bales
are usually a little light but they are able to hold together.
Zach

Anonymous-0 · Sep 9, 2013

i thread the needles, and tie the twine back to the frame, then hand trip the knotter, and make sure the twine is attached to the knotter, and is where it should be. then go baling.

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